Attracting Barn Owls to our village

Are rats and mice the bane of your life?

If so, don't poison them. Control them by attracting Barn Owls to live near your unit. Barn Owls are known as Nonnetjie-uile in Afrikaans.

The Barn Owl

The Barn Owl is arguably the most effective rodent predator on earth. It is a cheap, sustainable and efficient "bio-control" agent. 

Breeding Barn Owls can be attracted by placing a suitable nesting box near your unit. 

A  Barn Owl nesting box is easy to make

Once in residence, the owls will hugely increase the levels of predation pressure on the nocturnal rodent population by killing and eating rats and mice.

And when your Barn Owls breed, there are few cuter sights than their chicks.

Barn Owl chicks